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  <h1>Configuring Perspective Shortcuts</h1>
  <p>You can choose which menu items are available under the <b>File &gt; New</b>, <b>Window &gt; Perspective &gt; Open
  Perspective</b> and <b>Window &gt; Show View</b> menus using the <b>Shortcuts</b> tab of the <b>Customize
  Perspective</b> dialog. To configure shortcuts:</p>
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    <li>Switch to the perspective that you want to configure.</li>
    <li>Select <a class="command-link" href=
    'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.customizePerspective")'><img src=
    "PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Window &gt; Perspective &gt; Customize
    Perspective...</b></a>.</li>
    <li>Open the <b>Shortcuts</b> tab.</li>
    <li>Choose the sub menu whose shortcuts you want to edit.</li>
    <li>Use the Categories tree to turn groups of related shortcuts on or off, or select categories to work with
    individual menu items in the Shortcuts list.</li>
    <li>Click <b>OK</b> to cause the changes to take effect.</li>
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  <h3 class="related">Related Concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-4.htm">Perspectives</a>
  <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3><a href="tasks-24.htm">Changing where perspectives open</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-31.htm">Specifying the default perspective</a><br>
  <a href="tasks-9i.htm">Saving a user defined perspective</a>
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